Designation Course Delivery Formats

Comparing highly interactive online courses and online course portals

LOMA’s designation program courses are delivered in one of two ways — as highly interactive online courses or as online course portals — and some LOMA courses offer you the choice! This table helps to explain the features of each delivery format.

Delivery Format

Feature

Highly Interactive Online Course

Online Course Portal

Course delivery

Course content is delivered completely online

Engaging multi-media delivery that may include video scenarios, role plays, and expert interviews

Features multi-media learning in an appealing conversational tone

Skills practice and feedback to reinforce the learning, prepare student for the end-of-module tests, and apply to their every day jobs

Lessons can be completed in short segments of about 1 hour each

Requires internet connection to access the course

Study materials are delivered via an online course portal

Portal includes a variety of printable and online resources

Blends the more traditional textbook-based study experience with multi-media and other online features to enhance the learning experience

Some materials can be downloaded to the learner’s computer for access without an internet connection

Some courses also offer professionally-printed and bound materials, which may be purchased separately

Exam format

Non-proctored exams included at the end of each module

System controls prohibit access to course content while taking the test

Exams delivered in a proctored exam environment

Available electronically or on paper

Total of 60 exam questions for the course, spread across all end-of-module tests

One final, 2-hour exam with a total of 60 questions, covering the entire textbook

Exam results are available immediately

If electronic, exam results are available immediately

Learner can repeat exams until passing score (70%) is achieved, which reinforces learning

Learners can re-enroll to repeat the course if passing score (70%) is not achieved the first time.